Key takeaways from Filecoin Labweek 2023:
1) InterPlanetary Consensus and how it enables planetary-level scalability
2) Filecoin’s explosive DeFi growth unlocked by Filecoin Virtual Machine 
3) New Filecoin projects/toolings: DeStor REST API, SPARK and Lilypad

The Filecoin TL;DR team was thrilled to be back in Singapore for Asia’s much-awaited blockchain week. Read all about FIL Dev Summit and token2049.

In this post, we dive into the Retrieval markets that Filecoin is developing and one of its lighthouse projects.

The launch of a programmability layer on a seasoned blockchain generally comes with a lot of excitement.

Editor’s Note: This article draws heavily from David Aronchick’s presentation at the Filecoin Unleashed Paris 2023. David is the CEO of Expanso and former head of Compute-over-data at Protocol Labs which is responsible for the launch of the Bacalhau project. This blog post represents the independent view of the creator of the original content, who has given permission […]

Unlike proof-of-stake cryptocurrency protocols that directly provide rewards for locking staked tokens, “staking” FIL is much more akin to a lease.

Editor’s Note: This article draws heavily from David Aronchick’s presentation at the Filecoin Unleashed Paris 2023. David is the CEO of Expanso and former head of Compute-over-data at Protocol Labs which is responsible for the launch of the Bacalhau project. This blog post represents the independent view of the creator of the original content, who has given permission […]

Until recently, startups led the way in technological innovation due to their speed, agility, entrepreneurial culture, and freedom from organizational inertia. However, this is no longer the case in the rapidly growing era of AI.

Distributed Storage Networks (DSNs) offer a way to coordinate and utilize these latent resources and turn them into productive assets. These networks have the potential to bring the first real commerce vertical into Web 3 ecosystems.

This blog post explains what Filecoin’s Virtual Machine (FVM) is, why it matters, and how one might evaluate and prioritize the opportunities it unlocks.

In this blogpost, we’ll unpack a sample use case and its supporting components for the FVM, how these services might compose together, and the potential business opportunities behind them.

As a novel data storage and application network, Filecoin’s mission is to create a decentralized, efficient, and robust foundation for humanityʼs information.